"Fly Tsokotukha". Author Korney Chukovsky

In 1923 a fairy tale was written in the verse form "Mukha-Tsokotukha". The author published it for the first time in a year, however, under a different name. The fairy tale was called "Mukhina's wedding". The author of "Flies-Tsokotuhi" is Kornei Chukovsky. The fairy tale "Crocodile", "Cockroach", "Aibolit" and others also belong to his pen. He is known to most people as a children's writer, although he has many other works, including critical ones, and scientific works on his account.

Biography

The writer's childhood passed under the label "illegitimate". His father was a student, in whose house Kornei Ivanovich's mother worked as a servant. After living together for three years, they broke up, as the student left. The woman was left alone with two children, she was forced to leave for Odessa, where she lived poorly. His meeting with his father occurred in adulthood. It was their only meeting. Chukovsky did not forgive a man who broke his life, because of which the writer and his sister lived with the brand "illegitimate". Chukovsky took the name of his mother, studied independently, because according to the law "On cook children" was expelled from the educational institution. The marriage of the writer himself was happy. Children for Chukovsky - everything. By the way, it was his children who were the main assistants and addressees of the writer's work.

History of creation

According to Chukovsky's recollections, he began writing a funny tale about a flies wedding on a scrap of paper, while in the role of the groom he represented himself. The very poem he invented long before that. But every time, taking up her, threw, because he could not write a single line. "Fly-Tsokotukha" - a poem-tale written in one breath. And then suddenly words poured from the heart, so I had to write on a strip of wallpaper torn off the wall.

And when I wrote about dance, I began to dance myself. It was a very ridiculous sight. An adult gray-haired man of forty-two years rushes about the apartment with a scrap of wallpaper in his hands, and even dances. All his life he loved Korney Chukovsky's tales.

Plot

The plot of the work boils down to the fact that the fly finds a money along the way, buys a samovar and invites guests to the name-day. However, during the holiday a spider appears and steals a fly. In fear all insects scatter. And only a brave mosquito saves the fly. Then she becomes his bride, and the feast continues. To the question: "Who wrote" Fly-Tsokotukha "?" - Any child will answer today. When studying this story, the children are asked the following questions, which help to understand not only the theme, but also the idea of the work: "What happened to the fly? Who helped her?" How did the other guests behave? "

In the tale "Mukha-Tsokotukha" the author glorifies the good, which traditionally defeats evil. The spider embodies evil, the mosquito is good. It seems that everything is simple and understandable. The fairy tale begins with fun, it ends with fun too.

According to Korney Ivanovich, "Mukha-Tsokotukha" is one of the most cheerful and successful works of his. The fairy tale had a stunning success. Drawings to his book were made by the artist Konashevich and at first did not like Chukovsky.

"Chukovshchina"

Despite the unprecedented success of the book, the fate of her, and even of Chukovsky, was not easy. In society, the notion of "Chukovism" appeared, against which parents rose, who considered Korney Chukovsky's works worthless books, including the tale "Mukha-Tsokotukha". The author, in their opinion, does not raise in the tales of Soviet issues, does not consider social problems. On the contrary, it develops unnecessary fears in children, for example, the product "Moydodyr". In the tale "Mukha-Tsokotukha" the author glorifies the kulaks, and in "Cockroach" forms a misconception about living beings. There were those who thought the fairy tale was not a harmless poem, but a completely criminal detective, obviously not intended for children's perception.

Of course, there were days of silence about Chukovsky's creativity, criticism fell upon the writer. But still a simple language, the lack of unnecessary information made his works favorite children's books.

Therefore, it is fundamentally incorrect to assert that the tales of Korney Ivanovich Chukovsky do not teach the child good, morality, justice. Today, all the merits of the writer are read, he rightly takes his place among the best children's authors.

"Mukha-Tsokotukha", like other works of the writer, is the golden fund of Russian children's literature and will continue to please the younger generation for a long time.